Syndicate: CRASH MEDIA - call #2

[micz flor <micz@metamute.com>]

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                C R A S H   M E D I A #2

        Where Media Reaches its Critical Mass
       http://www.yourserver.co.uk/crashmedia/

                call for contributions

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  !*!*!*! Issue 2's 'Extra Special' section: !*!*!*!
  !*!*!*!                                    !*!*!*! 
  !*!*!*!         MEDIA & ETHNICITY          !*!*!*! 


Beyond the Electronic Frontier - a Wilderness?
   Transistor Culture/Cultural Transistors
      Coffee-Code-Coda
         Penny Papers - Media Spaces in the Semiopolis
            Mutiny on the Mouse Pad
               Galleries Without Walls
                  Set Top Semtex

'Disorienting Rhythms' for MTV Dervishes
   The New Obedience: Unbundling Consumer Tactics
      My Mate Murdoch
         Not the 9 o'clock Views
            Trans-Asia Express
               All the Fun of the Glare
                  Cornershops for A-Centred Living

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IN BRIEF

Crash Media is bracing itself for the launch of its 
second print issue - another shotgun publishing escapade. 
Crash Media is a publication with a split personality; 
part tabloid newspaper and part website, complete with 
discussion threads and a low-interference editorial 
policy. [Feel free to enter the online debate at any 
moment and be prepared to find your statement in print.] 
Right now we are calling for contributions for the next 
print issue to be released as in the middle of May. 

      *.gif *.txt *.wav *.ra *.doc *.pic

Deadline for contributions: 30th of April '98 !!!

Crash Media is (looking at) independent media practice; 
taking media criticism off the bookshelf and stacking it 
on the flyer table. Find Tech/Specs on CM and 
contributions below.

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  !*!*!*! Issue 2's 'Extra Special' section: !*!*!*!
  !*!*!*!                                    !*!*!*! 
  !*!*!*!         MEDIA & ETHNICITY          !*!*!*! 

Issue 2 will also include the following permanent 
sections(->Medium Roast, ->Culture Club, ->Under The 
Needle, ->Access Denied, ->Balzac Nation, ->Strangeways).

Contributions in many guises required: deep undercover 
analyses, sub-cutaneous cuts, bi-lateral dissections, 
polemics for the hard of reason, trinkets for the virtual 
mantelpiece, eye-sores for the foot-sore, nectar for the 
hive mind, befuddlement for conspiracists, personal 
highlights and urban low-lights.

In other words: articles, logos, interviews, artwork, 
reviews, literature, listings, cartoons and info-blips.

We favour text within the 500 to 800 word limit - and we 
envy the capacity to make a strong point with 200 words! 
Scans should be 300dpi and stuffed, send as attachments 
(MAC or PC) - stamp-based mail is just as good. Currently 
we are not able to pay contributors. Every contributor 
will receive ten copies of Crash Media.

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TECH-SPECS

Crash Media has been published in print as a free, bi-
monthly tabloid, since the middle of March. Printed on 
tabloid paper, each issue has a print run of 5,000. Crash 
Media is based in Salford/Manchester and London (UK). 
Each issue consists of 12 pages. Crash Media is being 
distributed intensively in the North West of England and 
London, and selectively world-wide. We are also open to 
any suggestions for worthwhile locations.

Crash Media is a joint venture, defining the agenda of 
the 'Revolting' media lab in Manchester/Salford UK in 
Aug/Sept (temp URL: http://www.art-bag.net/revolting), 
Salford University and 'Skyscraper Digital Publishing'.

Crash Media is extended through a digital forum.
Threads generated in Crash Media on-line will be 
selectively reprinted in the next issue. The public 
access server in Manchester/ Salford will be set up over 
the next few weeks and will host Crash Media - URL will 
follow shortly, any domain name suggestions welcomed.

http://www.yourserver.co.uk/crashmedia/

!! To receive a free print copy of Crash Media within 
!! the UK, send a 1st class stamped and self addressed 
!! A4 or A5 envelope to the below address.

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CONTACTS / ADDRESS

Micz Flor, Josephine Berry
[crashmedia@yourserver.co.uk]

Crash Media
University of Salford
Art and Design Technology Research Unit
Peru Street
UK-Salford M3 6EQ

fax: +44.171.6134052

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Micz Flor (micz@metamute.com)

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